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French Connection II

The French Connection II

1975

John Frankenheimer

Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Jean-Pierre Castaldi ...

6.2

1,932

Action. Drama. Thriller This sequel to the Oscar-winning "The French Connection" picks up almost exactly where the earlier film leaves off. Still on the trail of drug kingpin Frog One (Fernando Rey), narcotics officer "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) leaves his Manhattan stomping grounds and heads for Marseilles.

	Media	Author	Review
		Variety	"Hackman’s addiction and withdrawal sequences are terrifyingly real (...) Hackman’s performance is another career highlight."
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Entertaining (...) Popeye is a colorful and interesting — though hardly noble — character"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Whatever Popeye was, he wasn't a clown, and that's what he comes disturbingly close to looking like in 'French Connection II' (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Tom Hutchinson Radio Times	"Less believable than its predecessor, but it's still a cracking thriller (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Don Druker Chicago Reader	"A slick reprise of all the elements that clicked in the original with none of the seedy originality that made it work (...) Predictable and overlong."
		R.L. Shaffer IGN	"Gene Hackman excels in this meandering, occasionally exciting, unnecessary sequel."
		Geoff Andrew Time Out	"Far superior to Friedkin's original (...) Frankenheimer directs in taut, pacy fashion to keep the suspense high."
		Shannon J. Harvey Urbancinefile	"The sequel ultimately suffers from the not being based on a true story (unlike the original)"

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